Chufan Cai, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher @LabSpiegelman @DanaFarber @harvardmed

[Spiegelman Lab @LabSpiegelman]

When we discovered irisin in 2012 (Bostrom et al), we described its actions in terms of the browning of the white fat and anti-diabetic effects. Here, in collaboration with the Mathis lab, we re-examine this in mechanistic detail. https://t.co/qDVrwgiGuM

[DZ Gong | 龚 | ゴン | 공 @dz_gong]

The last piece of my PhD work is online 🥳

Multi-scan structured illumination microscopy for rapid and efficient volumetric super-resolution imaging
https://t.co/tWYNtqCSyT

[Spiegelman Lab @LabSpiegelman]

Another great Spiegelman Lab Retreat goes in the record books. Everybody gives a talk, but it can't be what you work on! Stretch the mind.

[University of Chicago Hematology/Oncology @UChicagoHemOnc]

#FBF to our Hem/Onc Translational Research Retreat last week! A day spent brainstorming transformative, interdisciplinary team science ideas/opps across campus, academic-industry partnerships, & recruitment! w/ @ChicagoITM @UChiPritzker & Ctr for Chemical Biology & Therapeutics

[Spiegelman Lab @LabSpiegelman]

Ergothioneine is an atypical amino acid to which many health benefits in humans have been ascribed. Here we determine the direct protein target of ergo binding and how it functions in mitochondria and exercise. https://t.co/rzAKrmH78e

[Spiegelman Lab @LabSpiegelman]

Does the lack of correlation between PGC1a RNA and protein give you a headache? Us too. Phillip Dumesic has uncovered a key factor controlling PGC1a mRNA translation https://t.co/AQWWz1u6jj

[Dana-Farber Cancer Biology Department @DFCI_CancerBio]

At 4pm on Tues 1/28, DFCI's Seminars in Oncology speaker is CB's @LabSpiegelman! His talk for the 2025 Emily Frederick DiMaggio lecture is entitled "The irisin/PGC1a pathway links exercise to resistance to cancer & neurodegeneration". Hosted by @puigserver_lab. Don't miss it!

[Jiao Sun @sunjiao123sun_]

Mitigating racial bias from LLMs is a lot easier than removing it from humans!

Can’t believe this happened at the best AI conference @NeurIPSConf

We have ethical reviews for authors, but missed it for invited speakers? 😡

[Chufan Cai, PhD @ChufanC]

@TheElfLab @LabSpiegelman Hehe 😜 thanks Shannon!

[Spiegelman Lab @LabSpiegelman]

Having trouble getting good preparations of extracellular fluids for proteomic analyses? We have published a detailed protocol, with step by step considerations, applicable to several tissues. We hope it is helpful!
https://t.co/LE2117MPI1

[Chufan Cai, PhD @ChufanC]

@munozfortik 😂😂Very creative this year

[Chufan Cai, PhD @ChufanC]

@schwoerersimon @storldes @UChicagoCCB Congrats Marta and Simon!!

[Spiegelman Lab @LabSpiegelman]

Here is a commentary piece written about our beige cell subtypes papers. https://t.co/EemEJigp0k

[Chufan Cai, PhD @ChufanC]

@schwoerersimon @UChicago @juguillard Congrats Simon and Julien!!!

[Chufan Cai, PhD @ChufanC]

@schwoerersimon @juguillard @DeptofDefense @munozfortik @BWFUND @storldes Huge congrats!!

[Delgoffe Lab @DelgoffeLab]

New preprint from the lab is online! The product of a stellar collaboration with @Muir_Lab, we explore a chemically defined physiologic media formulation based of the metabolite of tumor interstitial fluid (TIF, or “tumor juice”) and its effects on T cell function! A brief 🧵1/

[Muir Lab @Muir_Lab]

Congrats to the everyone on both awesome teams who tracked down this new way tumors metabolically talk to T cells, including @ChufanC and @hardikshah42 at UChicago. And a big thank you to @CancerRF and the Brinson Foundation who supported our team in these studies.

[DZ Gong | 龚 | ゴン | 공 @dz_gong]

My PhD thesis defense is scheduled on Tuesday May 28, 11am CST at BSLC 115, UChicago!

All are invited. DM me if you would like to join via zoom❤️

Title: Developing Novel Snapshot Multi-dimensional Structured Illumination Microscopy
https://t.co/PLB3i9LVkR

[Chufan Cai, PhD @ChufanC]

@SandraMcAllist4 @schwoerersimon Thank you Sandra, very kind! ☺️